1 Samueri 4 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

4 ¹Shoko raSamueri rakasvika kuvaIsraeri vose. VaIsraeri vakaenda kundorwa navaFiristia, vakadzika misasa paEbhenezeri; vaFiristia vakadzika misasa paAfeki.

²VaFiristia vakazvironga kuti varwe navaIsraeri; hondo yakapararira, vaIsraeri vakakundwa navaFiristia, vakauraya varume vanenge zviuru zvina musango. ³Varwi pavakadzokera kumusasa, vakuru vavaIsraeri vakabvunza, “Nei Baba vedu vabvumira vaFiristia kuti vatikunde nhasi? Ngatiuyei neareka yesungano yaBaba vedu kubva kuShiro, kuti vauye pakati pedu, vatiponese kuvavengi vedu.”

⁴Saka vanhu vakatuma kuShiro, vakauya neareka yesungano yaBaba vehondo dzokudenga, vagere pamusoro pamakerubhi. Vanakomana vaviri vaEri, Hofini naFinehasi, vaivapo neareka yesungano yaBaba vedu. ⁵Areka yesungano yaBaba vedu payakapinda mumusasa, vaIsraeri vose vakapururudza nenzwi guru zvokuti nyika yakadengenyeka. ⁶VaFiristia vakanzwa kupururudza ndokubvunza, “Kupururudza uku kukuru mumusasa wavaHebheru ndekwei?” Ipapo vakaziva kuti areka yaBaba vedu yakanga yapinda mumusasa. ⁷VaFiristia vakatya, nokuti vakati, “Mwari apinda mumusasa!” Ipapo vakati, “Taparara—izvi hazvina kumboitika kare. ⁸Taparara! Ndiani achatiponesa muruoko rwavamwari vane simba ava? Ava ndivo vamwari vakarova vaIjipita namatenda ose murenje. ⁹Simbai, imi vaFiristia! Ivai varume, kana kuti muchashandira vaHebheru sezvavakakushandirai imi. Ivai varume—rwai! ¹⁰VaFiristia vakarwa; vaIsraeri vakakundwa, mumwe nomumwe akatizira kutende rake. Kuurayana kwakanga kuri kukuru: varwi vetsoka vavaIsraeri zviuru makumi matatu vakafa.” ¹¹Areka yaBaba vedu yakatapwa, uye vanakomana vaviri vaEri, Hofini naFinehasi, vakafa.

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¹²MuBhenjamini akamhanya achibva kuhondo akaenda kuShiro zuva iroro, nguo dzakabvaruka, guruva riri mumusoro make. ^a a v12 Kubvarura nguo dzomunhu nokuisa guruva mumusoro zvaiva zviratidzo zvakare zveshungu huru nokuchema. ¹³Paakasvika, Eri akanga agere pachigaro chake parutivi rwomugwagwa akatarisa, mwoyo wake uchidedera nokuda kweareka yaBaba vedu. Murume uya akapinda muguta, akazvishuma, guta rose rikachema. ¹⁴Eri paakanzwa kuchema akabvunza, “Bope iri nderei?” Ipapo murume uya akakurumidza kuuya akaudza Eri.

¹⁵Eri akanga ava namakore makumi mapfumbamwe nemasere, uye meso ake akanga aneta zvokuti akanga asisakwanisi kuona. ¹⁶Murume uya akaudza Eri, “Ndabva kuhondo, ndatiza kuhondo nhasi.” Eri akabvunza, “Chii chaitika, mwanangu?”

¹⁷Nhume yakapindura ichiti, “VaIsraeri vatiza pamberi pavaFiristia; uyewo, kurasikirwa kukuru pakati pavarwi; uyewo, vanakomana venyu vaviri Hofini naFinehasi vafa; uye areka yaBaba vedu yatapwa.”

¹⁸Paakareva nezveareka yaBaba vedu, Eri akawira shure achibva pachigaro chake pedyo nesuo, akavhuna mutsipa wake, akafa—akwegura uye ari muremu. Akanga atonga vaIsraeri kwamakore makumi mana.

¹⁹Muroora wake, mukadzi waFinehasi, akanga ane pamuviri, ava pedyo nokusununguka. Paakanzwa kuti areka yaBaba vedu yatapwa uye tezvara wake nomurume wake vafa, akakotama akasununguka, nokuti marwadzo akamukunda. ²⁰Paakanga ovata ofa, vakadzi vakanga vari parutivi rwake vakati, “Usatya, nokuti wabereka mwanakomana.” Asi haana kupindura kana kuteerera. ²¹Akatumidza mukomana uya kuti Ikabhodhi, achiti, “Kubwinya kwabva kuvaIsraeri”—nokuda kwokutapwa kweareka yaBaba vedu, tezvara wake, nomurume wake. ^b b v21 Zita rokuti Ikabhodhi rinoreva kuti “hakuna kubwinya” — kuchema kwamai kuti kubwinya kwaBaba vedu kwakanga kwabva kuvaIsraeri pamwe neareka. ²²Akati, “Kubwinya kwabva kuvaIsraeri, nokuti areka yaBaba vedu yatapwa.”